Right after he had released his quasi-Protean Arrow, he had rapidly shot a regular arcane arrow toward an inconspicuous pillar to the side of the elf. Just as the arrow got close to this pillar, Jake’s infused Willpower had activated to make it bend and change direction toward the elf. And when it had begun to bend, passing the pillar where a stable arcane arrow was embedded, Jake had made the embedded arrow explode to further speed up his shot.
The elf had a look of surprise on her face when she heard the explosion but didn’t react in time. Usually, she would have been able to, but Jake knew how her skills worked. The reason she had failed was that her danger sense hadn’t reacted… because Jake hadn’t aimed for her. The arrow had instead struck her bow and severed the string, making it no
